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By scqueen Date: 2001 Aug 16 Comment on this Work [[2001.08.16.23.14.1649]] |
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Twenty-four years ago today, I was with my mama and my bestfriend in the local pharmacy. We were picking out candy bars when we heard the news. Elvis was dead. I knew that my dad probably hadn't heard it yet. I figured he'd be upset. He took pride in the fact that he, too, was from Mississippi and even claims he saw a young Elvis in the 50's pumping gas in Memphis, TN. We had tuna chow mein that night for dinner and I spelled E-L-V-I-S with the mushy noodles on my plate. I was sad. Sad that the world lost a once-gorgeous talented man. I think of all the rock stars I screamed for in my youth. I knew what it must've felt like to be screaming for him. He will always do something for me. |